Earlier we had reported that Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next venture, Rani Padmavati featuring Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor would be going on floors in November. Well the film which has been in the news for a while now finally went on floors today.

A little later, Sarita Patil, Head Content/ Production at Viacom 18 Motion Pictures added an image of SanjayLeela Bhansali and Ajit Andhare, Chief at Viacom 18 saying, “On the sets of Padmavati .. The BIG two :))”. Responding to the tweet Andhare tweeted, “So we begin to make history today!”

As for the film, Rani Padmavati which is said to be a historical drama based on the obsession of Alauddin Khilji over Rani Padmavati. Directed by Bhansali himself, the Rs. 170 crore film is expected to release on November 17, 2017.